Another Round With ATLAS, DARPA’s Most Unsettling Humanoid Robot Yet

Andrew Liszewski

No matter how it fares in the upcoming Robotics Challenge, ATLAS is without a doubt a big step forward in the development and refinement of modern robotics. And who knows, maybe our cautious optimism is without merit, and what we’re actually looking at here is the great grandfather of the cyborg butlers we’ve all been hoping for. [IEEE Spectrum]